Arkansas court records
Who holds it: Circuit courts (general jurisdiction, five divisions: criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, juvenile) and district courts (traffic, misdemeanors, preliminary felony matters, civil claims up to $25,000). Circuit court records are kept by the county Circuit Clerk1
On this page
Statewide case search
Search ARCourts at caseinfo.arcourts.gov, linked from the Arkansas Judiciary home page2
Fees
- Fees
- Circuit filing $165.00; $0.50/page plain copies; $5.00 certified copy (Faulkner County schedule)3
What is public and what is sealed
- What is public
- Court documents (criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations) are generally public4
- Sealed and confidential records
- A person may petition the court to seal a record once the sentence is completed; approval is not guaranteed (Pulaski cites Ark. Code Ann. §§ 16-90-601, 16-90-605, 16-90-901, 16-90-906, 16-93-301, 16-93-303); no filing fee in Pulaski County4
- Access rule
- Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 governs access to court records (text checked: per curiam of June 29, 2006; later amendments not opened)5
Related records in Arkansas
- Criminal history checks: state repository
- Arkansas State Police6
- Criminal history checks: who may order
- (1) Consent-based or legally mandated checks: Criminal Background Checks ($22); (2) any personal search for any other purpose: Open Criminal History ($24)6
- Criminal history checks: fee
- $22 per search (consent/mandated); $24 per search (Open Criminal History)6
- Divorce records: who holds it
- Circuit Clerk (domestic relations division of circuit court) holds the decree; ADH Vital Records issues divorce 'coupons' from 19233
- Probate: who holds it
- Probate is a division of circuit court; the County Clerk serves as clerk for probate court in many counties (e.g. Faulkner), filing decedent-estate, guardianship and adoption records7
How Arkansas handles it
- Recorder is the Circuit Clerk (ex officio), not a separate register of deeds; county clerk handles marriage, DBA, voter registration and (in many counties) probate3
- Pulaski County (Little Rock) has a combined Circuit and County Clerk office handling real estate, court records, marriage licenses, DBA and voter registration8
Court records in Arkansas counties with a full guide
The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.
| County | Office | Search online | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | — | Benton County Circuit Court9 | Copy of a pleading or any document $0.25 per page; certification of a court document $5.0010 |
| Craighead County | — | — | $5.00 certification of a court document11 |
| Faulkner County | — | Circuit Court12 | copies $.50/page; certified $5.0013 |
| Garland County | — | Circuit Court14 Garland County District Court15 | — |
| Pulaski County | — | Pulaski County Circuit Court16 | Certified copies of court documents $5.00 (in person or by mail; not emailed)17 |
| Saline County | — | Saline County Circuit Court18 | Fees: copy: $0.25 per page19 |
| Washington County | — | Circuit Court20 | Certified copy $5.00; circuit suits and domestic relations filing $165.0021 |
For any other county, see the county list on the Arkansas guide.
Official warnings
- Arkansas Judiciary warns of spam text messages impersonating the courts; it never initiates unsolicited texts22
Official copies vs look-alike sites
A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Arkansas office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.
Rules in other states: court records in every state. Everything else in Arkansas: Arkansas public records guide.
Sources
Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.
- Circuit CourtsArkansas Judiciaryarchived copychecked November 4, 2026
- Arkansas Judiciary home pageArkansas Judiciary (Administrative Office of the Courts)archived copychecked November 4, 2026
- Circuit ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
- County RecordsPulaski County Circuit/County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
- In re Proposed Administrative Order Number 19, Access to Court RecordsArkansas Supreme Courtchecked November 4, 2026
- Criminal Background ChecksArkansas State Police (Arkansas Department of Public Safety)archived copychecked November 4, 2026
- County ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
- Real Estate departmentPulaski County Circuit/County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
- Public Records - Circuit ClerkBenton County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
- Filing Fees: Court Fees / Recorder's Fees / Passport Fees (Revised Fee Schedule 2026)Benton County Circuit Clerk & Recorder (bentoncircuitclerk.com, linked by bentoncountyar.gov)checked November 4, 2026
- Filling Fees | Craighead Circuit Clchecked November 7, 2026
- Faulkner County GOV (home)Faulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
- Circuit ClerkFaulkner County, Arkansaschecked November 4, 2026
- DepartmentsGarland County, ARchecked November 7, 2026
- Garland County homepageGarland County, ARchecked November 7, 2026
- Circuit/County Clerk homePulaski County Circuit and County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
- County RecordsPulaski County Circuit and County Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
- Circuit ClerkSaline County, ARchecked November 4, 2026
- Filing Fees/eFiling LiteSaline County, ARchecked November 4, 2026
- Circuit ClerkWashington County, ARchecked November 4, 2026
- Documents Filed, Fees, and RequirementsWashington County Circuit Clerkchecked November 4, 2026
- County Judges & County Clerks directoryArkansas Judiciaryarchived copychecked November 4, 2026